Stories of Lt. Lunkhead

Platapus · 03-14-08, 11:59 AM

My saddest story was with SH3 but the same mistake can be made easy with SH4

Normally I only use the attack periscope. One time I tried using the Obs scope. Very little differences. Back to attack scope

Sneaking up on a merchant, slow speed, attack scope used only for a few seconds and lowered. Just like in school.

Merchant suddenly veers away and an escort is coming straight for me like he knows where I am.

Leveling off at depth and having time to kill while the escort is taking its time to kill me. I found out what the problem was.

I ...uh... kinda forgot to lower the observation periscope

I was so used to using the keyboard command to auto lower the attack scope that I used it instead of the command to lower the obs scope. Lowering the attack scope twice does not compensate for leaving the obs scope up

Makes it hard to sneak up on a merchant with the scope up.

Moral of the story is that ALL the scopes need to be retracted if you wants to sneak up at peri depth.

M. Sarsfield · 03-14-08, 12:03 PM

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Moral of the story is that ALL the scopes need to be retracted if you wants to sneak up at peri depth.

Lunkhead has learned to use the Periscope menu on the toolbar during an attack so that a quick glance shows what scopes are raised or lowered.

03-14-08, 11:59 AM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	My saddest story was with SH3 but the same mistake can be made easy with SH4 Normally I only use the attack periscope. One time I tried using the Obs scope. Very little differences. Back to attack scope Sneaking up on a merchant, slow speed, attack scope used only for a few seconds and lowered. Just like in school. Merchant suddenly veers away and an escort is coming straight for me like he knows where I am. Leveling off at depth and having time to kill while the escort is taking its time to kill me. I found out what the problem was. I ...uh... kinda forgot to lower the observation periscope I was so used to using the keyboard command to auto lower the attack scope that I used it instead of the command to lower the obs scope. Lowering the attack scope twice does not compensate for leaving the obs scope up Makes it hard to sneak up on a merchant with the scope up. Moral of the story is that ALL the scopes need to be retracted if you wants to sneak up at peri depth. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.